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dcterms:Date	"2012-04-19"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120419.15.4-227-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-04-19-Speech-4-228-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Charles Tannock2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, in my view, Member States should have the right to set their own fuel VAT and CO taxation levels, as long as these are compliant with the unanimously-agreed EU legislation already in place, such as the rules on minimum VAT levels. Taxation is clearly a sovereign matter for each Member State, and efforts to transfer this power to the EU as a Community competence contravene the EU Treaties and will both hamper the competitive free market and play into the hands of increasing numbers of critics who claim that the EU is determined to build a federal superstate without acquiring first any consent from the people of the Member States. Some Members of this House are keen to harmonise and raise taxes at Member State and EU level, but they often seem to forget the fact that they are actually very keen on spending other people’s hard-earned money."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; DROI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-29--2014-06-30)3 member; AFET (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; PECH (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2012-03-28--2014-06-30)3 substitute; SEDE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Conservative Party (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2012-03-28--2014-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"2"1 "Charles Tannock (ECR ). -"1
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